Improved chamber-vessel



- UNTTEE STATES PATENT EETCEO ANDREW RANK1N,oE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED CHAMBER-VESSEL.

Spccilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,36l, dated June 5, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW RANKIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vessels used for the Reception or Deposit, or both, of Ot't'al, Excrement, Urine, or other Fecal or Waste Matter or Substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the present instance my improvement in vessels used for the reception or deposit, or both, of oft'al, excrement, urine, or other fecal or waste matter or substances is illustrated in connection with the cover or lid for such vessels, although it can be adapted to some part or portion ot' the body of the vessels, the prin ciple of this invention simply consisting in so forming such vessclsor their covers or lids,or any part connected with either, as to adapt them tothe reception and holding of any deodorizing or preservative material, substance, compound, or liquid for fecal and other refuse matter in a manner independent of and free from the fecal or other waste matter which the vessels may contain, in combination with so constructing such chambersor receptacles of the vessels or their covers or lids for the deodorizing or preservative agent used that at any time or times when so desired such agent can be discharged into the vessels in quantities more or less great, according as may be necessary to produce the required effect upon the fecal or other Waste matter contained therein without opening such vessel or exposing its contents to the air, when by closing such communication the discharge of the preservative or deodorizing agent into the vessel can be stopped, as will be apparent from the following detail description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings,wherein,tbr convenience of illustration and explanation, a lid or cover for the ordinary chamber pot or vessel is shown as constructed according to my improvement embraced herein- Figure l being a plan view. of the under side of the cover'or lid for the chamber-pot, and Fig. 2 a central vertical section through the lid or cover, showing it placed upon a chamber pot or vessel, Which is in vertical section.

A in the drawings represents a cover ory lid of suitable shape and size to tit over and upon al chamber pot or vessel, which in Fig. 2 ot' the drawings is shown in vertical section, as before stated. rIhis cover or lid A may be made ot' sheet-tin or other sheet metal, pottery, earthen or crockery ware, or other suitable material, and is made ot' a hollow or box shape, forming a chamber, B, to communicate with which from the outer or upper side of the cover A an orifice or nozzle, D, is made, that by means of a cork or other suitable stopper may be closed. ln the bottom plate, E, of the lid a series of radial openings or slots, F, are made,

vto cover which a corresponding number and similar-shaped arms, G, but a little vlarger in size, are provided and attached to a common,

center spindle or shaft, H,turning in bearings of the lid or cover A, and projecting beyond and above the Lipper surface or side of the same, with a handle, I, upon such end for convenience in turning it, so as to bring its several arms G over the slots of the bottom plate, E, and thus close them, or to swing or move them away therefrom and thus open the same, this opening and closing of the said slots F being accomplished Without necessarily removing the lid or cover from the vessel on which it may beplaced or to which it may belong.

In the chamber or box B ofthe lidA, through its nozzle or orifice D, the preservative or deodorizing agent or agents used are placed, first having closed the slots in the bottom of the cover, when, stopping the said oritice or nozzle with a cork or other suitable device, the lid or cover is then ready for use upon theevessel to which it belongs, which in the present in'- stance, as before explained, is tov an ordinary chamber pot or vessel.

From the above description of the manner in which the lid or cover of the chamber-pot is constructed it is plainly apparent that when such cover or lid is upon the pot the deodorizing or preservative agent contained in it ycan be discharged into the pot in any desired quantities, whether large or small, and at any time or times,- by simply turning the knob or handle of the spindle upon the outside of the cover in the proper direction therefor and without removing the cover or lid from the vessel or pot, when, a sufficient quantityhaving been vso discharged into the said pot, the slots in the lid are then closed; and also that While the' preservative or deodorizin g compound or agent used is contained in a chamber of the fecal vessel or pot entirely independent of and free from the fecal or other waste or refuse matter contained therein, it can be discharged into such fecal or Waste matter at any time desired and in greater or smaller quantities.

It may be here remarked that, although the receptacle for the preservative or deodorizing compound or agent has been particularly eX- plained as being located in the cover or lid of the vessel used asa receptacle or deposit for offal or other fecal or waste matter, it may be arranged in the body of the vessel, care being taken that it should be located at a sufficient height from the bottom of the vessel to enable the preservative agent contained in it to be discharged into the f'ecal or other Waste matter Within the vessel; and it may be still further remarked that, although my improvement has been herein particularly described with reference to the ordinary chamber pot or vessel, it can be adapted as well to other vessels, among which may be here mentionedas sonic of the most important the following, viz: bed-chair or commode pans, slop-jars, slush or swill buckets or tubs, &e. 5 and that also it can be applied to the seats or benches of privies or Waterclosets, either arranged in their respective lids or covers or in the seats themselves; and therevfore I do not intend to limit myself to the ap- The combination of the arms Gr and spindle H, operatin g relatively withY the slotted plate F of the vessel B, having a nozzle, D, for the reception ofthe deodorizin g agent, all arranged and applied in the manner herein described, for the purpose specified.

ANDREW RANKIN.

Witnesses l ALBERT W. BROWN, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

